The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-05-19
State gtRms.

State gtems.
Roanoke News:: Economy is prac.
ticed more among u people now
than at any other time since the war.
Greensboro Workman: There are
81 inmates in our county jail,
of which II are United States prison.
erS.
Windsor Ledger: One of our Cashie
Neck farmers report the crops to date
as looking better than for several years
past.
Leaksville Echo: Wheat, if it meets
with no disaster, promises a good
yield.-There is one-third more corn
seeded in Rockingham than was ever
seeded before.
Laurinburg Exchange: There was
quite a hail storm a few miles east of
here last Friday evening. At Mr.. J..
A. McBryde's farm the ground was
covered, while further east hail stones
the size of hen eggs were found.
Shelby aurora: Cleveland steps to
the front with a huge baby. Mrs.
Blanche Alexander is the happy
mother of a boy which weighed nine
teen pounds at his birth. Her father,
Mr.. Boggs, says it weighed nineteen
within an hour after it's birth, while
the physician says he has been present
at a thousand accouchments, but that
the boy was the biggest he ever saw.
Monroe Enquirer: The contract for
grading the new railroad from near
the Tindle place to the Carolina Gen.
trail Road has been let to MI. W. P!
Fortune.-A gentleman who has
recently travelled over the northern
and northwestern portions of the
county, tells us that the wheat crop
looks remarkably we'll and promises a
heavy yield. But little of the ravages
of the chinch bugs was noticed. The
oats are small and not so promising as
the wheat.
Shelby New Era: The new cotton
factory is rapidly nearing completion
and will be finished in between two
and three weeks, when the machinery
will be put in.--The commissioners
of Wilkes county have ordered an
election On the 10th of June on a
proposition to make a county subscrip-
ton of 100000 to the Richmond Il
Danville Winston extension, and an
election OF the first Thursday in
August on a county subscription of
500, 600 to the South Atlantic &
Northwestern Railroad.
Fayetteville Gazette: The oat crop
around town looks beautiful.--In
conversation with a gentleman the
other day, he said hat a farmer in
Sampson county had a pumpkin vine
last year that produced sixty-seven
pumpkins, the gross weight Of which
was 1875 pounds, and that another
had a strawberry which measured 9
by IL inches.--CoL. Gardner and
several of his assistants were in town
last week. From them we learn that
the road has been located to Pee Dee
river, and work is being pushed from
the river. this way. The branch from
Pee Dee bridge to Tatum's will very
likely be built in time for the next
cotton crop. Another branch will be
built to connect with the Cheraw &
Darlington road. <e
Henderson Gold Leaf: The wheat
crop in this section is representedto
be in good condition and growing
nicely. At present the outlook for a
good yield is very encouraging.-s
Dealers tell us that less guano has
been sold this season than usual. On
the other hand we are informed that
more manure was made on the farms
than has been knownfo several years.
If you, do not believe as fine
clover and grass a be grown upon
our lands as anywhere, look at some
of the lots in and near town. We
have not seen finer clover anywhere.
No finer seasons for setting out
tobacco plants could be desired, and
farmers. have made good use of the
opportunity offered. While the flies